linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rust: module: remove deprecated author key

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Message-Id: <20250610123731.194853-1-trintaeoitogc@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 09:37:31 -0300
From: Guilherme Giacomo Simoes <trintaeoitogc@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] rust: module: remove deprecated author key

Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com> wrotes:
> On Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM Benno Lossin <lossin@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hmm, I guess a checkpatch lint fits better then?
> 
> Yeah, that would work.
> 
> Probably for the C side too -- from a quick grep I don't see it.
Maybe, after this patch we can make a checkpatch change for check the `authors`
key (and MODULE_AUTHOR for C side), and throw a WARN if the author is a name
(not a url, or "rust for linux") and don't have a email address. 

Unless you guys tell me otherwise, I guess this is not so priority.

Thanks,
Guilherme